Using System Font

projector

Hi, I'm new to Godot. I'm planning to use Godot for a mobile game that needs to support wide range of languages. Is it possible to use system font from the mobile OS instead of providing our own custom font?

Calinou

Not that I know of. You could use one or several fonts that support several languages (such as Noto Sans, Droid Sans, or Roboto), but then the application size will go up.

projector

Thank you for your response. There is no single font that contains all languages that we need, does Godot able to perform fallback by order to next font when the required glyph is not found is first supplied font?

Calinou

@projector said: Thank you for your response. There is no single font that contains all languages that we need, does Godot able to perform fallback by order to next font when the required glyph is not found is first supplied font?

Yes, you can specify one or several font fallbacks with DynamicFont. By the way, you may be interested in Noto Fonts, which can cover a very wide selection of languages. We use Droid Sans in the editor (and Source Code Pro for script editor) because Noto Sans can get really large with lots of languages (dozens of megabytes, if I remember).

projector

It's really great to hear that Godot supports font-fallback feature. I really appreciate your helps, thanks!